The world premiere musical The Harder They Come, an adaptation of the classic Jamaican film, is now playing through Sunday, April 2 at The Public Theater. Read the reviews!
The visceral intensity of all the performances in this new musical set in the titular bar in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan during the New York draft riots of 1863 surely is indicative not just of the long, hard slog to beat back COVID-19 and wrestle an original musical to Broadway.